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Built by a former cannabis regulator, Policy, Decoded helps operators read the policy terrain before it shifts beneath their feet.
Today’s briefing runs through the places where cannabis policy is actually being decided right now: Virginia lawmakers closing in on a sales framework, Texas candidates turning THC into a campaign issue, and Washington navigating the optics of money and rescheduling. Beneath it all is the same question regulators and investors both face: who is writing the rules, and whether those rules will hold once markets move.
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🏛️ Virginia’s market build
🗳️ Texas campaigns on THC
💰 Money follows reform
The issue of power is always the issue of who decides.
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